Kimbo later ditched street fights in favour of cage fights and
competed professionally under the EliteXC banner in 2007, joining
UFC in 2009 before a more lucrative move to Bellator, the
promotion his son – aka 'Baby Slice' – is now contracted to.

Baby Slice has dread-locked hair, a dark beard, and thick arms.
He's also chilled, super friendly, and told Business Insider the
key lessons he learned from his Dad.

"He taught me a lot, y'know," Ferguson said as he looked out on
60,000 seats at the London Stadium in Stratford during Bellator's
preview event on Wednesday.

"I learned about the hard work you have to put in and the
sacrifices you have to make in order to be successful in life. He
taught me that you sometimes have to stand your ground. And he
taught me that you have to give respect to get respect," he said.
"He raised me, y'know."

With life lessons came fight lessons, of course. "He also taught
me how to bob and weave, the importance of head movement, and how
to get out of punches. I didn't train as much with him as
sometimes I was in school but I went along to a lot of his fights
and loved to watch him," said Ferguson.

Now 25-year-old Baby Slice has a fight of his own. He lost his
first battle after tapping-out to Aaron Hamilton's second round
guillotine choke at Bellator 165 in November last year. But on
Friday, at Wembley Arena, he gets the chance to right that wrong.
He is confident he will succeed.

"Fight camp went really well. Stand up and cardio went well, I've
been working on everything: Jiu-jitsu, ground defence, and ground
punishment.

"I really don't know my opponent's strengths, honestly, I just
know mine and how hard I trained. And in my gym we have a bunch
of styles so I don't think he's going to do anything I haven't
seen already."